We had a ton of fun testing Seattle’s transportation options through rush hour traffic during our inaugural GeekWire Great Race back in 2017. With more people living in the city… Read More
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday voted 8-1 to approve a scooter-share pilot program. Transportation Committee Chair Alex Pedersen was the lone vote against the ordinance. After an environmental review… Read More
Seattleites may be scooting around town later this fall. The Seattle City Council will vote on a scooter-share pilot program Sept. 8 after the transportation committee approved the plan Wednesday.… Read More
Cities across the U.S. are adding new shared bike and scooter programs from the likes of Lime, Uber, Lyft, and other fast-growing and well-funded mobility companies. Many have data-sharing agreements… Read More
Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. See this story for more details about her proposed scooter pilot. Seattle is a city that invents… Read More
In Portland and other cities across the country where local governments are partnering with companies to introduce e-scooters, agreements involving data-sharing, equity and other requirements could set precedents for future… Read More
Seattle was the first city in the nation to embrace dockless bike-share — but it may be one of the last to allow free-floating, rentable electric scooters on its streets.… Read More
As it continues to expand around the globe amid reports of a potential acquisition by Uber, transportation startup Lime today touted new metrics that reflect the company’s growing footprint. Lime… Read More
Uber is exploring the possibility of acquiring one of the hot new scooter startups that sped headlong onto the transportation tech scene this year, according to multiple reports. Citing anonymous… Read More
Over the summer, Lime quietly removed scooters from circulation in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Lake Tahoe after learning a small percentage had batteries that could smolder or catch fire.… Read More
Bird sightings are becoming more common in Seattle. Bird scooters that is. GeekWire readers — and this reporter — have spotted what look like Bird’s shared electric scooters cruising around Seattle.… Read More
If 2011 was the year of the ride-hailing app, then 2018 is the year of the scooter. But in the seven years since Uber began launching in cities without permission,… Read More
Bird looks poised to bring its shared, electric scooters to Seattle. The startup is hiring for a local community manager in Seattle and has posted Craigslist ads every day since June 29 seeking… Read More